Chapter 56
It was already half past twelve when Lu Jiyu returned to the hotel. He stood at the door of his room and was about to swipe his card, but the door locked on its own. Zhou Zifang came over with a grin and asked, "What took you so long to send someone off?"
Li Mu's voice came from inside: "Lu Beibei is back? Do you want a midnight snack?"
No wonder the strong smell of barbecue filled the room as soon as he entered. Lu Jiyu opened the wardrobe beside the door and put his bag inside. "Can't you eat in your own room? Why did you have to come to my place?"
"Oh, what you said hurts my heart so much." Li Mu pretended to hold his heart and lay down on the bed in a very pretentious manner. Lu Jiyu saw that he was not shot in the chest, but in the brain.
"Actually." Seeing Lu Jiyu's expressionless face, he secretly winked at Zhou Zifang and then stopped smiling: "I want you to ask Li Qingxi for me."
"What do you want to ask?" Lu Jiyu bent down and took out a bottle of ice water from the refrigerator under the TV cabinet.
Zhou Zifang moved a chair and sat next to him, helping to explain: "What else can you ask? He was caught in a dilemma by Li Qingxi, so he asked you for help."
Lu Jiyu didn't expect that his love life was such a mess, and he would turn around and give advice to others.
"How did she hook you up?" Lu Jiyu unbuttoned two buttons of his shirt with one hand. Zhou Zifang watched the whole thing. This guy always pretended to be cool without even realizing it. Did she attend some training class behind his back?
"For example, tonight." Li Mu sat up from the bed. "She kept glancing at me while we were eating, and she kept talking to me in the car."
Lu Jiyu gave him a look that was hard to describe. "Have you ever considered that she keeps glancing at you while eating because her favorite sweet and sour pork tenderloin is in front of you?"
"Was she the only one talking to you when we were in the car?"
"That's not—"
"And how do you know she likes sweet and sour pork?" Li Mu asked.
Even Zhou Zifang couldn't help but roll his eyes. This guy is really a mama's boy. "Didn't she post a file in our group chat when she was in junior high? It was full of her favorite dishes."
Li Mu looked bewildered: "How come I don't know?"
Zhou Zifang said venomously: "Your brain capacity may not be enough, so it's automatically overwritten."
"Climb for me."
"So you think she's not interested in me? She doesn't want to reconcile with me?" Li Mu raised his head and took a sip of beer. "Then if I go after her now, what are my chances of success?"
Wow, love really does make people lose their minds.
"Is it really that much love?" Zhou Zifang turned his head and made a heart sign to Lu Jiyu: "Seriously, Koreans never lied to me."
Lu Jiyu was so sleepy that his eyelids were drooping. He put his hands on his shoulders and pushed them away without much effort: "I'm so sleepy, can we walk?"
"No, there's one last thing—" Zhou Zifang tugged at Lu Jiyu's sleeve and refused to let go: "When you have time, please reply to your aunt's WeChat. She can't reach you, but she keeps harassing me, and I can't block her."
He almost forgot that there was a big boss waiting to deal with him.
Lu Jiyu rubbed his eyes, looking tired: "What did she ask you?"
"I'm asking why you suddenly changed your route and came to Xinjiang."
"Ask if there are any girls traveling with you."
"Also, I'm asking if you've been in a relationship recently."
The older she gets, the wiser she is. If there's even the slightest sign of trouble on Lu Jiyu's side, she can pretty much guess what's going on.
"How did you reply?"
Zhou Zifang walked towards the station with a righteous look on his face, waving his hands vigorously in the air: "Of course I said I don't know."
"Well, just ignore her."
"What if she calls you heartless and an ungrateful person? I don't care. Is she still unaware of the incident with Chen Wulin?"
"Let her scold me if she wants." Lu Jiyu smiled indifferently. He couldn't live the life she wanted him to live, so he was destined to be the bad guy.
"But—" Zhou Zifang still wanted to defend him and moved closer to Lu Jiyu: "Hey, what's that shiny thing at the corner of your mouth? Are you secretly eating outside without telling us? No wonder you're not excited at all when you see barbecue."
Lu Jiyu reacted in a split second, brushing away Zhou Zifang's outstretched claws. He tilted his head and stood up, pointing in the direction of the door: "Do you want to leave?"
"Damn, he's so confident about cheating." Zhou Zi didn't forget to complain before letting him go.
Lu Jiyu went to the bathroom to look in the mirror. The light above his head was not particularly bright, but he could still see the tiny sparkle under the corner of his mouth at a glance.
In fact, he remembered wiping it on the way back.
She kissed him hard and without much technique.
"Chen Meiyu is still waiting for me. There's no time to French kiss you." After saying that, she pecked him hard twice. The smacking sounds were so loud that both of them were awkwardly standing there and forgot to move for a moment.
It seems pretty good.
But in the end—Lu Jiyu took a handful of water and sprinkled it on himself in the mirror: "Alright, you hypocritical freak."
The next day, at 7:50, Lu Jiyu was already waiting downstairs in his car. He looked radiant in his off-white sports suit, and it was hard to tell that he had only slept for four or five hours the previous day. Jiang Wan came downstairs at 8:00, just in time, and Lu Jiyu was sitting on a sofa in the hotel lobby.
Lu Jiyu saw that Jiang Wan's face looked a little gray, probably because she didn't sleep well. He took a cup of coffee from the paper bag on the coffee table and handed it to her: "Eat breakfast first."
"Did you buy it this morning?" Jiang Guan looked down at the other two cups of coffee left in the paper bag.
"Um."
"Which one do you want, a sesame bagel or a cheese bagel?"
"Sesame, right?"
"Chen Meiyun likes cheese, leave it for her."
While Jiang Wan was sitting there eating breakfast, Lu Jiyu confirmed the route again, and then agreed with Zhou Zifang on their meeting place.
"Did you sleep well last night?"
"Hmm? Not bad." Jiang Wan put down the coffee cup and leaned over to take a closer look at the tall man's face. "It seems you slept well."
"I can't sleep well?"
"I thought you wouldn't be able to sleep."
"Why? Just because—" Lu Jiyu said halfway, folding his arms and looking at her meaningfully: "Is it really that serious?"
Jiang Wan also looked at him: "So you are a master, Lu Jiyu."
Lu Jiyu bent down to take his cup of coffee and took a sip, then said modestly, "That's definitely not as good as yours."
When Chen Meiyu came out of the elevator dragging her suitcase, only half of her eyes were open.
Jiang Wan stuffed the coffee that Lu Jiyu bought into her mouth and fed her a sip: "Ah, open your mouth."
"Coffee? Where's that from?"
"Lu Jiyu brought it."
"Wow, so thoughtful? Lu Jiyu, if you find a girlfriend in the future, she will definitely be the kind of good boyfriend who is very filial to his parents." Chen Meiyu tried hard to open half an eye and flatter people.
Lu Jiyu smiled as a response. He took Chen Meiyun and the others' luggage and said, "Get in the car."
Jiang Wan stayed to check out. Halfway through, the phone in her coat pocket suddenly vibrated several times. She thought someone was looking for her urgently.
When I looked at it, it turned out to be a pure and innocent man.
There are nine characters in the nine WeChat messages.
Each word takes up one line, occupying the entire screen.
Who is the best boyfriend among the twenty-four filial sons?
Jiang Wan looked up at the boy outside the door who was helping Dong Lin pack his luggage, thought for a moment, and sent a reply.
The dumplings are a little sweet: of course they are from our Nanyuan City Grass.
Bing Qing Yu Jie: Thank you.
The dumplings are a little sweet: a bit strange.
Bing Qing Yu Jie: How come we have a very close relationship?
Dumplings are a little sweet: scumbag.
Bing Qing Yu Jie: Spit out my coffee.
The dumplings are a little sweet: Shicao.
…
Zhou Zifang and his car were also parked outside. Chen Meiyun saw him and went up to talk to him. Zhou Zifang was about to run away when he saw this, and the two of them performed the "Qin Emperor Walking Around the Pillar" trick around the car.
"Why are you running?" Chen Meiyu took great effort to hold the man down at the back of the car, and almost spilled coffee on herself.
"Who ran away? Can't I exercise earlier?" Zhou Zifang said stubbornly.
"Okay, okay. Let me ask you a question. Has Wei Lin been on a business trip recently?"
Zhou Zifang was speechless: "Is he your boyfriend or my friend? Why do you always ask me about him?"
Chen Meiyun also became anxious: "Doesn't that mean he didn't reply to my message?"
Zhou Zifang took a step back, putting some distance between them, and kindly suggested, "If he doesn't reply to your message, you should consider not whether he's on a business trip, but whether he's cheating on you, okay?"
"Can you please stop being such a pessimist?" Chen Meiyu suppressed the urge to hit him and pushed the coffee in her hand towards him. "Please have some coffee. Please help me ask. Thank you!"
Zhou Zifang glanced at the brown coffee stain on the coffee lid and said, "Give me the one you've drunk. You're quite good."
"Lu Jiyu bought it. You can drink it or not."
"Our Lu Beibei also bought one for me, I don't care about yours."
Well, they parted on bad terms again.
Cars cannot drive directly into Hemu Village, so they drove to the service area and planned to rest before taking the shuttle bus into the village.
It's not the peak tourist season yet, but the service area is still crowded with people. Jiang Wan looked around and saw quite a few young people of their age, probably traveling after the college entrance examination.
The weather in the mountains was really unpredictable. When they first arrived at the service area, the sun was shining brightly, but when Lu Jiyu parked the car and came back, it started to drizzle.
Chen Meiyun and Dong Lin were both wearing flowing gauze skirts. When they saw it was raining, they covered their heads and rushed to the service area. Only Jiang Wan walked slowly behind them.
There were footsteps slowly approaching from behind, and before Jiang Wan could turn around, Lu Jiyu was already standing beside her. He naturally lifted the hood of her jacket and covered her head with it. "What do you want to eat later?"
Jiang Wan straightened her bangs that were tilted by the brim of her hat and turned her head to look at him: "You want to buy it for me?"
Lu Jiyu raised his hand and rubbed her head: "You think it's a beautiful thing."
Jiang Wan spread his hands and said, "I can't help it. I'm beautiful."
"Where are they, Zhou Zi? Are they there yet?"
"Um."
The rain was getting heavier, but the two of them were in no hurry and just strolled along leisurely. The handsome man and beautiful woman, one black and one white, strolled in the rain, looking very well-matched and eye-catching in the eyes of passers-by.
Dong Lin and the others were halfway into the service area when they realized that Jiang Wan hadn't caught up with them. They belatedly went out to look for him, and ended up seeing the two of them walking leisurely in the rain.
It was the first time Dong Lin met Jiang Wan. She nudged Chen Meiyun with her elbow and asked, "Is there something going on between them?"
"Who are you talking about?" Chen Meiyun held up two sausages she had just bought inside and looked in the direction Dong Lin was looking. "Jiang Wan and Lu Jiyu?"
"To be honest, I used to think there was something going on between them. After all, their looks really complement each other, but now I see that their auras don't seem to mesh."
"Why?" Dong Lin was curious.
"I don't know, it's just a hunch. Mainly Jiang Wan. I've been with her in many relationships since I was a kid, but none of them worked out."
"It's normal for a beautiful and outstanding girl like her to have high standards."
"That's not the reason." Chen Meiyun sighed inwardly, but then she suddenly realized that she seemed to have said too much. Facing Dong Lin's puzzled eyes, she spoke again: "Okay, that's the reason."
Dong Lin knew that she was not telling the truth, but the relationship between them was not that close, so he did not continue to ask.
The dining area at the service area was just like a large cafeteria. When Jiang Wan and his group entered, Zhou Zifang and his group had entered a service area earlier than them. They had arrived a little earlier and had almost finished their meal.
Eight people gathered at a large table.
Lu Jiyu took off his coat and hung it on the back of the chair, then patted Li Mu on the shoulder: "Your left rear tire is a little flat. Let's find a place to pump it up later."
"You figured it out." Li Mu took two tissues to wipe his mouth, but was intercepted by Lu Jiyu. He wiped the raindrops from his chin, turned around and saw that Jiang Wan and the other three had already gone to the counter to order food. He left a word and left.
"Wait until we enter the village together."
The girl Li Qingxi came with was a classmate of hers from abroad. They were returning to China together, and since she also happened to be visiting Xinjiang, they had formed a temporary team. She had never met Lu Jiyu before and was quite curious about him.
"Does this handsome guy have a girlfriend?"
"Why? Are you interested in him?" Zhou Zifang ate a piece of sweet and sour pork, shook his head and advised her: "This man is very heartless and ungrateful. You should find someone else."
The girl's name was Chen Nian. She didn't take Zhou Zifang's words to heart, probably because she had seen too many scumbags abroad: "So what? He has the capital."
Well, nice words can’t persuade a damn ghost.
Chen Meiyu went to the bathroom halfway through ordering food, and when she came back she looked as if she wanted to say something but was hesitant.
Jiang Wan finished ordering noodles at the Lanzhou Ramen counter and turned to ask her twice what she wanted to eat. Chen Meiyu didn't answer, but instead grabbed her hand and pulled it down: "Jiang Wan, do you know who I saw just now?"
In the bustling cafeteria, Chen Meiyu's voice was infinitely diluted, almost to the point of being inaudible.
Jiang Wan glanced up at the menu hanging on the wall, then murmured a thoughtful "hmm." Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Lu Jiyu walking towards them. He had taken off his coat, leaving only a pure white T-shirt underneath. His hair, soaked in the rain, looked even darker and shinier, like a rain-soaked camphor tree in a garden in late spring or early summer, fresh and natural, with a faint scent of nature.
"Li Yiran."
Seeing that Jiang Wan didn't react, Chen Meiyu couldn't help but raise her voice and add something.
"It's your ex-boyfriend. I just saw him here too."
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